Winning the Fields Medal (with James Maynard) - Numberphile
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@andresfontalvo17 11 ай бұрын
Imagine having your first kid and being awarded a Fields medal on the same week. What a week!
@verity3616 11 ай бұрын
He phrased this so oddly, "his first son," that I'm wondering if it wasn't his first child, but was... just his first *son* to be born. As in, he has at least one daughter already? Would be interested if someone could confirm.
@andresfontalvo17 11 ай бұрын
@@verity3616 someone like google or wikipedia?
@RuthvenMurgatroyd 11 ай бұрын
@@verity3616 According to Wikipedia: _Maynard was born on 10 June 1987 in Chelmsford, England.[1] His partner is Eleanor Grant, a medical doctor. They have a child.[4]_ Citation [4] there is "Klarreich, Erica (June 2022). "A Solver of the Hardest Easy Problems About Prime Numbers". Quanta Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022." The interview it links to reads *He and his partner, Eleanor Grant, are expecting the birth of their first child within a few days, allowing Maynard just enough time for a quick visit to Helsinki.* Which is clearly the same kid he's talking about here.
@archimidis 11 ай бұрын
Imagine how underwhelming the following weeks would be...
@cheshire1 11 ай бұрын
@@archimidis they would be super stressful because you're caring for a newborn.
@pyr0digm 11 ай бұрын
The first Fields Medal was awarded in 1936, 87 years ago and now goes to James Maynard at 36, born in 1987.
@maxonmendel5757 11 ай бұрын
whoa thats cool
@n0tthemessiah 11 ай бұрын
It's kismet!
@columbus8myhw 11 ай бұрын
From this we learn the important theorem that 1936+87 = 1987+36
@maxonmendel5757 11 ай бұрын
@@Dayanto i found my nomination for next season.
@cheeseburgermonkey7104 11 ай бұрын
SYMMETRY
@lashamartashvili 11 ай бұрын
James has found the best usage for his Fileds Medal. It's made of noble metal, it's anti-bacterial and it's too big to be swallowed, so it makes a perfect toy for infants.
@Trixex 11 ай бұрын
Wouldn't want my baby to bite on it tho
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 11 ай бұрын
Also, a baby holding a Fields Medal is one of the most adorable images ever created.
@highviewbarbell 11 ай бұрын
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721the winners keep getting younger, I tell ya.
@IceMetalPunk 11 ай бұрын
@@highviewbarbell Well, they can't be over 40, so they may as well be under 1! 😁
@erniesulovic4734 11 ай бұрын
LOL
@alexkalish8288 11 ай бұрын
This is the kind of guy who wins the Medal, for research on a subject that really great mathematicians have been exploring for 500+ years. Bravo James ...
@leif1075 11 ай бұрын
Who says we can't do the same thing he did?
@kkgt6591 11 ай бұрын
@@leif1075your math grades.
@hansolo9892 11 ай бұрын
@@kkgt6591 😂😂🤣🤣
@leif1075 11 ай бұрын
@@kkgt6591 My math grades were great..Why would you assume they weren't or anything else without knowing anything about me?
@kuzuthunder1964 11 ай бұрын
@@leif1075Don’t take it seriously dude, its just trolling. Grades have nothing to do with being groundbreaking in a field anyway.
@StevenStJohn-kj9eb 11 ай бұрын
Hopefully he can parlay this into a bigger office - dude clearly deserves another whiteboard!
@gregkrekelberg4632 11 ай бұрын
@deletereddit1102 Until they get wind of being recruited to a competing university. Then things tend to change rapidly.
@IceMetalPunk 11 ай бұрын
A tiny little whiteboard for his son to work next to him 😁
@christophersmith108 11 ай бұрын
It’s virtually a universal truth that any mathematician (or theoretical physicist) of the first order will *always* have all the whiteboard/blackboard space available to them crowded to incomprehensibility. If they have to share this space any empty gaps will have been filled with the comment “DO NOT ERASE”
@geometerfpv2804 11 ай бұрын
@deletereddit1102Uh...yeah they do. He has his pick of institution. Universities care much more about research than they do about teaching. Research is their primary mission. They promote and hire based on research, and this is as prestigious a research award as you can get.
@anuj-mn5eo 10 ай бұрын
At Oxford University this is considered a palatial office.
@grev. 11 ай бұрын
can't believe i didn't hear about this until now, one of the best numberphile contributors
@shasan2393 11 ай бұрын
I feel like a math hipster now lol. "yeah, i was familiar with James Maynard BEFORE he won the fields medal"
@ragnkja 11 ай бұрын
@@shasan2393 What’s with the misnaming?
@shasan2393 11 ай бұрын
@@ragnkja Woops, sorry mistyped his name. Just goes to show how much I was familiar with him lol
@jsheradin 11 ай бұрын
He's also now a Fellow of the Royal Society! Can't wait to see what his future work has in store.
@andrewfarrar741 11 ай бұрын
@@jsheradinHave you heard about the Reimann solution yet? 2023 年 8 月 16 日.
@ares395 11 ай бұрын
Imagine winning the most famous award in your field and the next day you go back your first son is born. I'm surprised he didn't pass out from all the emotions.
@highviewbarbell 11 ай бұрын
Well that's why he's so chill in interviews. He ran out of high evergy emotion juice during that week and now his maximum excited state is a bit lower
@cmu6443 11 ай бұрын
implies second son was born?
@ares395 11 ай бұрын
@@cmu6443 That's not at all how English works.
@loebie 11 ай бұрын
Imagine being born and one of the first thing handed to you is a Fields Medal
@javen9693 11 ай бұрын
For his playful yet elegant proof of the drooling conjecture and his stunning expansions in the field of diaperometry
@thedanielstraight 11 ай бұрын
I could listen to this guy talk for at least an eon or two... Congrats on this achievement, sir! 👑
@user-sb4ev1jf8g 11 ай бұрын
"Most mathematicians are really motivated by mathematics" Congratulations James!!!. congratulations to james! he is crazy genius, humble and certainly deserved it.
@KazimirQ7G 11 ай бұрын
Congratulations, Mr. Maynard! I'm proud of you, and love the way you explain your maths. Thank you for your contributions here in this channel. ♥
@Xoque551 11 ай бұрын
So happy for you James, and for the journey to be brilliantly documented by Numberphile! Such a dream come true! :)
@JM-us3fr 11 ай бұрын
I love how at 4:52 James Maynard is the only one smiling. Everyone else is like "Let's get this over with so I can go back to researching"
@ImaginaryMdA 5 ай бұрын
I don't think you can blame Ukranian mathematician Maryna Viazovska at that particular time.
@holliswilliams8426 4 ай бұрын
Viazovska was going through difficult times and had young colleagues and students who died during the Russia-Ukraine war.
@datamoon 11 ай бұрын
Congratulations!
@Perriax 11 ай бұрын
What an achievement! Congratulations!!
@plusunim 11 ай бұрын
Most sincere CONGRATULATIONS!! 🥳
@dylanrambow2704 11 ай бұрын
It's absolutely beautiful to hear James's enthusiasm and glee.
@nozua 11 ай бұрын
4:55 I was super hyped to see June Huh among the winners! He was an amazing expositor in the "g-conjecture" video, which is one of my favorite Numberphile videos.
@SoopaPop 11 ай бұрын
13:42 photographic evidence of world record fields medal speedrun. run time: less than 1 day
@johnchessant3012 11 ай бұрын
12:06 I was discussing this with a friend and we agreed that the optimal time for a kid to be born is around September of a 2 (mod 4) year: they'd turn 40 right after the last Fields Medal they're eligible for, and they'd turn 18 right before the first US presidential election they're eligible for
@IceMetalPunk 11 ай бұрын
... I was born in September 1990. I guess I have a lot of work to do over the next 6-years-and-1-month 😂
@andrewfarrar741 11 ай бұрын
@@IceMetalPunk The spirit of an atomic ninja already exists inside you. ⚛️🥷
@fahrenheit2101 8 ай бұрын
Provided you're a politically motivated mathematician
@President__Job 6 ай бұрын
Funny how i was born September 2002 I am a math major and my last name means "presedent" in my language
@chompin_cheddar 11 ай бұрын
Congratulations on your new addition to the family! The Fields Medal is cool too I guess.
@ShinyShinyIsAlwaysBeingSerious 11 ай бұрын
I don't think I'll ever be able to understand the work that's gone into the achievement, but I do have an idea of the magnitude of the achievement, congratulations!
@Beny123 11 ай бұрын
I can safely say working like crazy for 20+ years and being lucky enough to be born in a place and time to have great tutors/parents .
@bernardcrnkovic3769 11 ай бұрын
congratulations to james! he is crazy genius, humble and certainly deserved it
@joseffbokobza6640 10 ай бұрын
I love this style of video. Interviewing mathematicians is really tickling my anthropology bone
@sander_bouwhuis 11 ай бұрын
HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations James!!! Surreal to have seen videos with you over the years, and there you are, winning such a prestigious price!
@vincentbutton5926 11 ай бұрын
"Most mathematicians are really motivated by mathematics" ❤ Congratulations James!!!
@ShayWestrip 11 ай бұрын
Big congrats🎉 love Maynard vids
@desktop2815 11 ай бұрын
Dang new speed run champion for Fields Medal. Nice job
@gyubok 11 ай бұрын
congratulations James!
@svenhoek 11 ай бұрын
Congrats MJK !!!
@skyless7304 11 ай бұрын
Congratulations what a joyous news, well deserved😊. Legend!
@TomRocksMaths 11 ай бұрын
Mans got skills.
@Dat_Thing88 11 ай бұрын
Congratulations fr!
@CollinHeist20 11 ай бұрын
Super cool to see a talented person rewarded for their hard work!
@holliswilliams8426 4 ай бұрын
i agree
@captnmaico6776 11 ай бұрын
Great interview, James is not only incredible smart, but also humble and has a catching laugh.
@Bethos1247-Arne 11 ай бұрын
Ah, he. Remember some videos on this channel. This is a great honor for him. I am happy for him. And like to thank him for his contribution to the most beautiful science of all.
@ggurunadha 11 ай бұрын
Congrats!!
@tatertot4810 11 ай бұрын
Congratulations sir!
@trevinbeattie4888 11 ай бұрын
Congratulations James! 😊🎉
@PopeLando 11 ай бұрын
"You're out of luck if you solve Riemann when you're 41. But if you were born just one year earlier..." ~Prize-winning mathematician! 😂
@alfonsolarcinese8926 11 ай бұрын
Age discrimination is everywhere...
@alfonsolarcinese8926 11 ай бұрын
However I truly congratulate this guy anyway!
@JohnDlugosz 11 ай бұрын
Well, there is a different prize you'd get, specific for a list of problems that includes the Riemann conjecture. I think the prize is a million dollars.
@ben_clifford 11 ай бұрын
I love that no one in the comments got your joke. He should have said "one year later." We have a term for this in software. This is a version of the off-by-one error (this leads to being off by 2, but they all get lumped together).
@terencetsang9518 11 ай бұрын
Jokes aside, this again dispels the somewhat common misconception that one's proficiency in mental arithmetics is meaningfully correlated with one's ability to apply, advance, or even invent math.
@ashkara8652 11 ай бұрын
So happy for him! Wish I knew sooner, what an achievement!
@andrewclifton9772 Ай бұрын
James Maynard is one of my favorites on Numberphile but I missed this and have only just found he won the Fields. Well done James. Loved the Birth Year Mod 4 comment.
@pacolibre5411 11 ай бұрын
Congratulations to Maynard James Keenan for winning the Fields Medal for his work with the Fibonacci sequence!
@mdmn-ARCA 11 ай бұрын
Danny Carey was robbed!
@ragnkja 11 ай бұрын
What’s with the misnaming?
@blower5 11 ай бұрын
@@ragnkja math guy sound like tool guy
@ragnkja 11 ай бұрын
@@blower5 And?
@aksldfoityawiejfsdnfakldjfxcoi 11 ай бұрын
And for his work with parabolas on Lateralus
@Vares65 11 ай бұрын
Oh wow! That's really exciting! Congrats!
@CombatLegsVIDS 11 ай бұрын
13:40 COULD THERE HAVE BEEN A MORE PERFECT PICTURE!?🥳💐 Congratulations on your 2 achievements, Mr. James Maynard. God bless you and your family. 🙏
@varijavishwanath8253 11 ай бұрын
Congratulations 👏👏
@faithgrins 11 ай бұрын
And for his work on Diaphantine approximations, at that! Congratulations, James! Hard-earned but well-earned.
@UbiquitousBooks 11 ай бұрын
Something tells me that if you prove the Rieman hypothesis at age 41 then not winning the fields medal isn't going to hold you back too much…
@thej3799 11 ай бұрын
😂
@andrewcgs 10 ай бұрын
Andrew Wiles couldn't be awarded the Fields medal for proving Fermat's Last Theorem because he was 41, but he was awarded a special prize (a silver plaque)
@shanggosteen9804 Ай бұрын
@@andrewcgs Andrew wiles was awarded the abel prize, and a slew of other prizes. But I'm sure in his heart the best prize was being able to solve his childhood dream
@Datamining101 11 ай бұрын
They should totally provide you with two medals... the truly valuable one and a plated one for display.
@plbyrne 11 ай бұрын
This is awesome. Congratulations.
@MoosesValley 11 ай бұрын
Congratulations James !
@carltonleboss 11 ай бұрын
Congrats!
@JackDespero 11 ай бұрын
What a week for this man: Winning the Fields medal AND assisting to the birth of your first child. I am so happy for him.
@jseden1 11 ай бұрын
What a joy, congrats xx
@geoffreykeane4072 11 ай бұрын
Great interview
@spinity8468 11 ай бұрын
James, you are very charismatic! I like to see you talking. Thanks for this video!
@ziedjbeli4811 11 ай бұрын
Congratulations on this major achievement, sir 💯
@I_good_at_alaphabet 11 ай бұрын
This was so cool. James seems like such a chill guy, wish I had him as a lecturer in uni hahhah.
@recklessroges 11 ай бұрын
Congratz Maynard. I look forward to what you discover next.
@nutsnproud6932 11 ай бұрын
Well done!
@randomname285 11 ай бұрын
Great contributor! Congrats to him!
@lafcursiax 11 ай бұрын
Awww, Fields baby! Double congratulations to James!
@rajeshrai5208 11 ай бұрын
He seems to exemplify the joy of pursuing math! Congratulations, James Maynard!
@qwkimball 11 ай бұрын
I love the fact that one of the world's finest working mathematicians has apparently quite recently run into the edge of an open door.
@donaldasayers 11 ай бұрын
Congratulations to James.
@sran2007 11 ай бұрын
Congratulations 🎉🎉
@raybo780 11 ай бұрын
James is awesome, so happy for him
@barmouthbridge8772 11 ай бұрын
Love this guy on here. Numberphile through Brady has introduced us to so many likeable affable clever folk. I've made a list of my favourites which certainly isn't exhaustive. Holly Krieger, Hannah Fry, Zvezdelina Stankova, David Eisenbud, Ron Graham, Edward Frenkel. Who was your favourite and what distinguished them in your eyes?
@drorbitaldeathray 11 ай бұрын
Congratulations James! The picture of his son with the medal was so cute I had to screenshot it and send it to my wife 😆
@John-pn4rt 11 ай бұрын
possibly even more exciting for him he was the subject of a question on this week's (31 July 2023) heat of University Challenge!
@evilotis01 11 ай бұрын
omg congratulations!!!
@cyrilio 11 ай бұрын
He should have a replica made to use as a show piece.
@xTeehe 11 ай бұрын
why
@mandeepsahni2279 11 ай бұрын
Congratulations🎉🎉
@weetabixharry 11 ай бұрын
This is the first time I have heard of the medal winner before they won the Fields medal. All thanks to Numberfile.
@bbok1616 11 ай бұрын
So inspiring
@pezboy715 11 ай бұрын
5:11 Maryna - “I can’t believe I have to sit here and accept this stupid award when I could be doing maths….”
@Labben91 11 ай бұрын
By definition it can't be the "nobel" prize of mathematics when it has an age limit to it.
@ehfik 11 ай бұрын
wow, congratulations!
@satyajeetprabhu 11 ай бұрын
What a guy... 3 time Formula 1 champion and now a fields medal!
@artswri 11 ай бұрын
Congratulations to a winner!
@michael4192 11 ай бұрын
You gotta bring this guy on more often with more number theory
@str1979 11 ай бұрын
"if you're 41 you can't win . . if you only were born a year earlier" . . then you would be 42 . . so you couldn't win either - classic math mistake of a field medal winner 😂
@johnchessant3012 10 ай бұрын
He said it slightly wrong but I believe the scenario he had in mind was something like this: born in 1989 -> proves major result in 2026 (age 37), but after that year's winners were already decided -> next Fields medal awarded 2030 (age 41) -> too old born one year earlier in 1988 -> proves major result in 2025 (age 37) -> next Fields medal awarded 2026 (age 38) -> yay
@minafolco1785 11 ай бұрын
Congratulazioni 🏅
@frankharr9466 11 ай бұрын
Congratulations to him.
@boredgrass 7 ай бұрын
The best shot of the Field Medal, ever❤️
@javen9693 11 ай бұрын
He painted a wall and then won a fields medal and then wiped a baby's butt. Renaissance man.
@gregorysanders9034 11 ай бұрын
Congratulations
@lucabausani5414 9 ай бұрын
Congratulazioni!
@ultraL2 11 ай бұрын
congrats
@calmeilles 11 ай бұрын
After all the years that you have been doing these it really is time you learned to hold a camera steady.
@busterdafydd3096 11 ай бұрын
14:26. You can put in a see through cupboard.. a display case . Heard of them? Also make sure the display case is screwed down and/or weighted and bullet proof, so you don't fear it being stolen
@haggaisimon7748 11 ай бұрын
I used to be fascinated by Nobel prizes and Fields medal. Not anymore.
@alexe3332 6 ай бұрын
Good job mate🥇
@NickCombs 11 ай бұрын
What would be interesting to learn is how has winning the medal opened any doors or made work/life easier? My point is that when we as a society recognize someone's contributions, I would hope it helps the recipient in some way beyond having a pretty prize that has be locked up.
@andrewfarrar741 11 ай бұрын
I hijacked the whole internet and I'm going to hold it hostage until humans stop launching imaginary rockets that go nowhere. The space|time to teleport out of The Matrix is whenever|whenever the math|magic hits you. 🫴✨🪄
@TheGmr140 6 ай бұрын
Congrats on the fields medal 😊😊
@kevinn1158 11 ай бұрын
I'll guess that your son was a bigger reward... And now you have a project in creating a great human being now. congrats on both.
@georgekraus9357 8 ай бұрын
Daddy Medal came after the Fields Medal
@necko2529 11 ай бұрын
Congrats! Reading the title, i was gonna ask if it was for '46 and 2' or something else.
@jonathandeleyser1782 11 ай бұрын
Great questions
@aL3891_ 10 ай бұрын
Thats a baller thumbnail
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